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Posted On - 14/07/2021
HWL Trade Frames has introduced a full suite of cloud-based customer service and business management systems – including 24/7 ordering – using Window Designer from First Degree Systems. HWL’s customers can take advantage of the latest Fengo2 system to price and process orders for the fabricator’s products, including its heritage windows and doors. Customers can also check on the status...
Posted On - 14/07/2021
Camden Group has launched Camden Direct, its new customer online ordering system. Developed in-house, Camden Direct is an in-depth, technical window and door design system, which is accessed through an online portal. The software is available to all its customers and gives them full control over design, quotes and orders. “We listened to our customers and built the system with...
Posted On - 12/07/2021
Barcode scanning is now in place from sales through to delivery at Quickslide. Designed to increase the level and accuracy of information between the fabricator and its trade partners at every stage of the order process, it follows a series of earlier investments designed to enhance the customer experience. The £2 million programme of growth includes a new dispatch centre,...
Posted On - 12/07/2021
Quickslide’s Legacy VS window has passed the testing regime for the PAS 24:2016 security standard, as well as the latest weather resistance performance requirements. Based on the Spectus vertical slider Legacy was enhanced with additional reinforcement and longer screws to secure location, side extrusion blocks, sash locators, and upgraded locks, keeps, latch and aluminium tilt arms, all supplied by ERA....
Posted On - 08/07/2021
Cairngorm Group uses Rapierstar fasteners throughout the manufacture and assembly of its PVCU windows, which it produces using the Veka M70 and Halo profiles. According to the company’s operations manager Robbie Benson, this is an obvious fit given that many installations are in areas of Scotland that are subjected to aggressive weather conditions. Producing windows and doors fit for the...
Posted On - 08/07/2021
HWL has launched a new R9 open-in door with a Timberweld 90° joint, which allows installers to present a fully matched R9 window and door offer to homeowners. “It’s not about volume manufacture, it’s about the opportunity that it gives our customers to win business at point of retail,” Graham Howatson, director at HWL Trade Frames, said. “It means that...
Posted On - 08/07/2021
Everglade Windows’ trade customers can now offer homeowners timber-look joints on flush PVCU windows, after a significant investment in a new quad welder. The London fabricator recently invested more than £1 million in new machinery, including a new Rotox SVK 508 Quad Welding machine, which manufactures PVCU windows with traditional butt joint aesthetics to replicate traditional handcrafted timber. Jay Patel,...
Posted On - 08/07/2021
Evolve Window Systems has taken advantage of high levels of foiled stock and competitive lead times on bespoke foiling options to win business as demand for colours and finish continues to rise, the company has reported. The Liverpool based company – which supplies to retail and trade customers across Merseyside – said it has enjoyed three consecutive years of growth...
Posted On - 06/07/2021
Arkay Windows has launched its Approved Partner Scheme in a bid to grow its network of partners throughout the UK. With the scheme, Arkay’s aim is to provide high-end fenestration products competitively and offer exceptional levels of customer support. Operating in an increasingly competitive market, Arkay Windows said it is providing a scheme that cuts through the noise, and is...
Posted On - 23/06/2021
Having spent much of the last 12 months indoors due to the pandemic, the focus has fallen on home improvements. And with the Bank of England’s chief economist Andy Haldane estimating households are sitting on £150 billion of savings accrued since the pandemic, Jeremy Phillips, CDW Systems’ group chairman says that looks set to continue. An increased demand for high-end...
Posted On - 23/06/2021
By AluFold Direct. A lot has been happening behind the scenes at the Blackburn-based aluminium fabricator AluFold Direct since last May, when Russell Yates was appointed managing director. Much of that has been focused on driving operational efficiencies, expanding the team, and investing and equipping a new factory which is set to open soon. For customers though, despite the vast...
Posted On - 16/06/2021
Quickslide partnered with Icaal to improve its digital offering and marketing resources for its trade customers. Already a familiar name in the fenestration industry, Icaal offers a range of creative digital marketing services, specialising in search, design, and lead-generation. It will assist Quickslide with improvements to its website including a CRM dashboard, and product designers to help retail customers submit...
Posted On - 16/06/2021
The introduction of the Stellar aluminium system from Epwin Window Systems has led to trade and domestic fabricator Bifold Local investing in new automated fabrication machinery to keep pace with demand. Liam Duffy, director at Bifold Local, said: “Stellar has the slim profiles that are so popular with consumers and the bifold door has real appeal. It’s allowing us to...
Posted On - 08/06/2021
Sternfenster has unveiled a CGI animation of its Smart Alitherm 300 casement offer, the first in a series of digital assets that will form part of a next generation, virtual showroom of the fabricator’s complete aluminium and PVC product range. The video presents a dynamic, 3600 overview of the Alitherm 300 which, alongside the Smart Visofold aluminium bifold, is currently...
Posted On - 18/05/2021
Prefix has launched Opal, its new aluminium brand designed to meet the growing demand for aluminium windows and doors. “Creating a brand for aluminium was important to allow us to stand out in a growing and competitive market,” Prefix’s Chris Baron said. Featuring slim, thermally broken profiles, Opal Heritage windows are available in a number of formats, including fixed-pane, sash, top-hung and...
Posted On - 13/05/2021
Central Window Systems now offers the 58BW flush casement window from Aluk. “The 58BW combines weather resistance, advanced performance, incredible versatility and excellent security, and as a durable alternative to timber and steel window systems, it’s ideal for contemporary newbuilds and refurbishment projects,” the company said. Thanks to its thermally broken design which offers a low U-value of 1.5W/m2K, and...
Posted On - 06/05/2021
By Ashley Gaunt, technical director at Made For Trade. We all love a little something that makes a job that little bit easier, right? Often this might be something as simple as having the right screwdriver in your toolbox, or a nifty pair of work trousers with pockets in all the right places, but have you ever thought there might...
Posted On - 04/05/2021
Sternfenster has responded to a significant rise in demand for aluminium with a 101% increase in output, year-on-year, for Q1 2021. Fuelled by continuing high levels of activity in the retail sector, volume of aluminium product in March alone was 83% up on the same period 12 months ago. The Lincoln-based fabricator opened a dedicated, 30,000ft2 £3.6 million aluminium facility...
Posted On - 14/04/2021
Origin has launched the OS-29 (Patio Slider), which is the slimmest semi-dry glaze system in the UK, featuring a 29mm sightline and offering wide customer appeal, the company said. The OS-29 offers another sightline option in the Origin Patio Sliding Door range, joining the already well-established OS-44 and OS-77 (with 44mm and 77mm sightline options respectively). Its design and launch...
Posted On - 13/04/2021
Listers is one of the first Sheerline launch partners to supply Sheerline’s Classic aluminium window and door system. Designed from the ground up, Sheerline Classic is an ultra slim, beadless aluminium system that offers exceptional performance combined with beautiful aesthetics, Garnalex said. At the heart of the new system is Sheerline’s patented corner jointing method, making it easy and quick...
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